Another footballing joke

I've literally just gazed at the BBC sport website to see what's going (well in this case not going) on in the world of sport. Just stumbled across this crappy article: I now know why footballers get paid so much- it's because they are actors too, so they are doing two jobs at once. Check out Robin Van Persie's comments about 'not' diving:

Van Persie - I exaggerate falls

Van Persie does not think exaggerating the impact of fouls is cheating

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie insists he does not dive but that he does exaggerate his reaction to fouls.

When asked by reporters if he overreacted to contact, Van Persie said: "Yes I have done that."

The Dutch international argued that if fouled: "Then you are in the right to show in a way to the referee that you are pushed.

"That's not really diving. It's just saying: 'Come on, he just pushed me, so I can't score now.'

Van Persie's comments come after his team-mate Eduardo recently had a two-game ban for diving overturned.

Eduardo was initially suspended for two Champions League games after his tumble as he went in with Celtic keeper Artur Boruc earned the Gunners a penalty in the second leg of a Champions League qualifier.

The Croatia striker was fiercely criticised for appearing to dive but, after Uefa's retrospective action to ban him, Arsenal won their appeal after proving there had been contact between Boruc and Eduardo.

And Van Persie seems to suggest that if contact is made unfairly then it is justified to overreact to make sure the officials take action.

"You sometimes make a little movement with your arms or with your body," he added. "But I don't think that's really cheating.

"I never have the intention to dive. Just to play honest football. I am against divers. It is just not honest, but it is difficult.

"But sometimes you are knocked off balance a bit and it looks funny.

"For example at Manchester United, after the whole Eduardo thing, I had the ball on the right side and I cut it back.

"(Patrice) Evra gave me a little push - a really little one - but it sort of over-balanced me.

"I just fell down and the whole stadium started to boo me. I was like: 'Come on, can't you see he pushed me?'"

Squash

Well if I want to have a shamless plug on here, might as well be for something I like, check out this ever so slightly cheesy video (due to the American commentary of course) of something to do with Egyptian squash.

p.s. I don't think I can remove this crappy CNN link thing, but hey, corporate America rules (and all that shite).

Boring tennis

Despite tennis being a useless, overpaid, lets hit the ball back to each other type of sport, occasionally it gets interesting. With such epic moments as Serena Williams throwing a wobbly, the recent US open caught my eye. Mr. Roger Federer was going for his 6th consecutive title, however it went slightly tits up in the final. He got beat by only the second person in 20 finals (possibly Grand slam- my facts my be wrong). What was impressive was his semi final performance, leading to match ball. Most may have seen this, but even so, its a nifty shot to pull out of the bag....

All the small things

The question that keeps popping into my head is whether I should bother carrying on with this blog stuff. I'm not actually sure why someone would want to know whats going on, well apart from the fact I rarely email/never phone people. My life is busy busy, totally in a good way of course, so sitting down and thinking about something to write about takes more than you think.

Anyways, as usual, I've missed out loads of things, from Swedish crayfish parties to 5km team running events. Somethings I can't be arsed to go back over, but I'll try not to be so useless in the future at updating this (hmmm).

On that masterpiece of a post- I'm actually running an SDS-PAGE gel now, yes working hard on a friday and in tomorrow, so have nothing in my head apart from what's to come later- beer and sleep.

p.s. I'm forgiven because I played squash at 6.30am this morning- dedication right!!!

Funny advert

It's been more than a while, busy is the word. Hopefully I'll have time to write about something good soon. In the mean time, this advert is always on tv and is particularly amusing!!!